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Read “Part 3: Watermelon Seeds [2 of 2]” >>Neighbors/Next door, Mama around 1940と…

Fredrick Cloyd • July 15, 2011

Allied Occupation of Japan (1945-1952) hapa Japan postwar racially mixed people World War II

Don Maeda still making crowns at 86 - Part 3 of 4

Read part 2 >>Katheryn KuboMaeda and his wife Katheryn (Kay) raised five children together. S…

Tom LaVenture • July 14, 2011

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And then my professor asked, “What frustrates you about Japan?”

My Japanese professor recently assigned a short essay in which we had to compare life in United Sta…

Nathan Kenji Kasai • July 13, 2011

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A Eulogy for Mom

My mother, Sumiko ‘Sue’ Ibuki (nee Hayashida) passed away suddenly on June 22, 2011. I…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • July 12, 2011

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Documenting Manzanar - Part 3 of 18

Read Part 2 >>Why Are They Smiling?My initial confusion about and inability to understand the…

Nancy Matsumoto • July 11, 2011

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Journal Entry #1" = .0254 Meters: "Measurement Madness..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • July 9, 2011

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Excerpts from "Dream of the water children, dream of the water children"

Part 3: Watermelon Seeds [2 of 2]

Read “Part 3: Watermelon Seeds [1 of 2]” >>I am still an only-child. But now my o…

Fredrick Cloyd • July 8, 2011

Allied Occupation of Japan (1945-1952) hapa Japan postwar racially mixed people World War II

Don Maeda still making crowns at 86 - Part 2 of 4

Read part 1 >>The ArmyBy 1943 many of the men in the camp had already volunteered or had been…

Tom LaVenture • July 7, 2011

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Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute: At the Heart of South Bay’s Japanese American Community

The Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute (GVJCI) is a non-profit community organization in Ga…

Maya Kochiyama • July 6, 2011

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42nd Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage/2011 Manzanar At Dusk: Keeping The Manzanar Story Alive

I wish I could say that I could relate, but honestly, that would not have been the truth.I knew abo…

Ashley Honma • July 5, 2011

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